Funnel.



PATENTED AUG. 2, 1904.

E. HAGENBAGH.

FUNNEL.

APPLICATION FILED mm 15, 1904.

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UNTTED STATES Patented August 2, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

FUNNEL.

S?EGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,616, dated August 2, 1904.

Application filed June 15, 1904. Serial No. 212,691.

To all wimnt it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EUGENE HAGENBACH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Funnels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to funnels; and it consists in the mechanism hereinafter described and claimed.

The drawing represents a vertical section of a funnel embodying this invention set in a bottle, which is shown in dotted lines.

The funnel proper, 1, has attached to its bottom a portion 2, that is screw-threaded, as at 3, for a purpose hereinafter described, and through the axis of the funnel and of said screw-threaded piece there projects a tube 4 of suitable length to extend near the bottom of the bottle or other device for which the funnel is adapted. In the present instance the tube a is fastened in the upper portion of the screw-tln'eaded part 2, and an additional tube 5, having a lateral opening 6 near the bottom of the funnel 1, is attached to the apex of the funnel or to the screw-threaded part 2 and forms a continuation of the tube a.

In the tube 5 or the upper end of the tube 4, according to the construction employed, there slides a tube 7, having a lateral opening 8, and this tube 7 is open at its lower end and closed at its upper end. By pushing the tube 7 downward into the tube 5 the openings 6 and 8 are closed, and on raising the tube 7 into the position shown in dotted lines both openings 6 and 8 are opened.

Another tube, 9, which may be called an air-tube, extends from a little below the upper edge of the funnel 1 down through the bottom of the funnel and into the screwthreaded portion 2. A cap 10 screws into the screw-tln'eaded portion 2 and has the conical lower end 11, adapted to fit into the mouth of a bottle, and a center opening 12 around the tube a.

A handle 13 may be employed, if desired.

The operation of the device is as follows: The cut-ofi' tube 7 is raised to uncover the openings 6 and 8 or to uncover them to such an extent as may be desired to control the how of liquid. Liquid is then poured into the funnel and it flows into the openings 6 and 8 (No model.)

or into the opening 6, as the case may be, and down through the tube 1 into the bottle or other vessel into which the fluid is to be conducted. Air escapes through the opening 12 in the cap 10, thence into the tube 9, and outward through the open end of the latter. In case a foaming liquid is used the foam will rise through the tube 9 and flow over its upper end and back into the funnel. When the bottle is filled to the proper degree, the tube 7 is pushed down, closing the openings 6 and 8 to the desired degree or closing them entirely and stopping the flow of liquid from the funnel. fected by this operation.

In the present instance and in many cases of the employment of this invention it is desirable to leave a cavity let in the screwthreaded part2 and above the plug or cap 10.

By removing the tube 7 and the plug or cap 10 the funnel, tubes, and all the parts may be easily cleansed by means of a brush passing through the tubes and all cavities and recesses may easily be reached.

hat I claim is 1. A funnel proper having a screw-threaded part attached to its apex, a tube extending through the apex of the funnel and said screwthreaded part, an air-tube extending from the upper part of the funnel to said screw-threaded part, and a plug screwed into said screwthreaded part and having an air-passage in its center connecting with said air-tube.

2. A funnel proper having a screw-threaded part attached to its apex, a tube extending downward from the apex of the funnel and said screw-threaded part, an air-tube extending from the upper part of the funnel to said screw-threaded part, a plug screwed into said screw-threaded part and having an air-passage in its center connecting with said airtube, a tube extending upwardly from the apex of the funnel and having a lateral perforation, and a tube having a closed upper end and littingin the last-mentioned tube and adapted when raised or lowered to close or open said lateral perforation.

EUGENE HAGENBACH.

\Vitnesses:

D. GURNEE, L. THON.

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